THE MISANTHROPE

Run Dates

2026.06.16 ~ 2026.08.01

National Theatre

Premiere

About the show

Alice, a brilliant novelist, despises the hollow contemporary mantras of kindness and respect. But the bolder she becomes in speaking out, the more colleagues avoid her, and the more her personal relationships begin to fracture. As she challenges fashionable ideas and lends her voice to causes others are afraid to touch, she faces intense criticism and backlash. Alice will soon learn the price she must pay as an artist and as a woman for daring to speak her mind. Award-winner Sandra Oh (Killing Eve) is the Misanthrope in Martin Crimp’s (Cyrano de Bergerac) cutting new version of Molière’s dark comedy, directed by National Theatre Director Indhu Rubasingham (The Father and the Assassin).

Creatives

Molière

Playwright/Author

Martin Crimp

Co-Author/Adaptor

Freddie MacBruce

Cast(Allen)

Molière

Playwright/Author

Martin Crimp

Co-Author/Adaptor

Freddie MacBruce

Cast(Allen)

Details

Writer Martin Crimp after Molière Director Indhu Rubasingham Set and Costume Designer Robert Jones Lighting Designer Tim Lutkin Composer Anna Meredith Sound Designer Alexander Caplen Casting Directors Alastair Coomer CDG Martin Poile CDG Voice Coach Jeannette Nelson Associate Director Gitika Buttoo CAST Paul Chahidi John Abigail Cruttenden Claire Imogen Elliott Esméee Rina Fatania Indira Freddie MacBruce Allen Tom Mison Stefan Sandra Oh Alice Jemina Rooper Elaine Understudies Niamh James Amira Matthews Scott Sparrow John Vernon Gabby Wong

Where it's been performed

National Theatre

London

United Kingdom

London

United Kingdom

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